This is exactly how I feel about movies (as someone who works with the severely ill). Keep The Artist, I'll just be over here watching Guardians of the Galaxy again.

Agreed. Actually, Deadspin's approach to this was less forceful, more nuanced, and therefore probably more effective: http://biographile.kinja.com/interference-o…

I have had patients say they were never educated when it's been documented that someone spent an hour making sure they could demonstrate a procedure. I don't doubt that something like this may have happened. My point was, if the spouse demands education alone (which this guy was abusive enough to do, and I have…

The only time I educate someone other than the patient is when the patient insists their spouse/child/etc be educated also, or if they have severe dementia or mental illness. (I don't work with diabetes, but still.) Most clinicians are trained to look for this stuff, and spouses insisting on education alone raises…

Everything I see of his just makes me admire him more and more.

Holy shit, I feel the same way. This is a wanted child, and I am HATING pregnancy so fucking much. I was pro-choice before, and now I really fucking want someone to ask me how I feel about abortion. Their face might melt off before I'm done talking.

She definitely tried to steal a baby, and that couple's picture should be distributed to every ward in the area. Hospital employees get education on what to look out for around maternity wards. Wearing scrubs while attempting to enter L&D is like screaming I'M STEALING A BABY, EVERYONE.

As a POC, I've said that to a friend: "What, so I'm one of the good ones?" (He'd just made a questionable comment about black people.) He clammed up and hasn't made any other race comments around me. It's weird, but I envy white people in the sense that racists say shit in front of you all the time, and therefore you…

I just had this experience as well. It was a job I really wanted, and the salary range was posted online. They offered me the job but flat out lied about what they could give me hourly (much lower than what was posted, in fact, lower than industry standard). I got the strong sense that gender was a factor. I walked…

I tried it once at a "water" station at a marathon. I died from the rancid taste and bitter anger.

When I posted about it, I wrote "Men, this affects you too" with regards to them NOT having 15 kids and economics (more married women use birth control than singles, according to the National Health Statistics Reports, because married women have regular sex for more reproductive years)... But now I'm thinking this…

When I worked in geriatrics, elderly patients often asked if I had kids (I didn't). Most looked shocked and told me I'd "better get started." The best response I ever got: "That's ok. Once you have kids, you have them forever." Close second: "I love him, but if I could do it all over again, I would never have had my…

This happened near me. According to the news, officials think it was arson. dun Dun DUN.

It's true: if I have a patient who has tattoos and is also guarded, I can pull up my sleeve and my gauntlet is visible. Nervous patients relax pretty quickly around a clinician with body mods.

Absolutely. I'm an athlete who spends time on both Jez and DS. Whenever this "haha watch out fer Jezebel" phrase pops up, I'm a bit stumped. I guess I'm only allowed to like one, silly me with my vagina.

Yes, I know this feeling! My parents were very strict about repaying hosts (=always clean up). It makes good social sense for parties and whatnot, but it's a bad habit to keep in the US, as that rule sure as shit does not apply. I'm half Korean, a good girlfriend is Chinese. We live in a fairly white area, and when we…

I sometimes wish we had a hospital version of Behind Closed Ovens (over on Kitchenette). People would keep trying to write in from a patient perspective (just like they do for the restaurant customer perspective) but we have THE BEST stories. Being punched. Shat on. Screamed at. Etc.

Yeah. My aunt took me in for a few years as a kid. I realized what an imposition I was, too (no action of hers, just observation). It wasn't always hearts and rainbows, but I was thankful to have a home. This story makes me sad.

Yep. I used to have sympathy for celebrities and the privacy issue, but Natalie Portman gave an interesting interview saying it's actually really easy to keep your life out of the public eye. When you consider it, there are a TON of celebrities out there you never really hear about. I do feel bad for the people who…

No, I agree with this 100%. Lean athletes tend to be elbows and ribs. I don't want to feel like I can snap you, kills my boner. Give me rugby and football. Broad shoulders are my kryptonite.